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Sci-Fi
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Nov 17, 2025
What do the aliens really want from us?Our bodies, our brains, our planet, our women? What their fictional desires reveal about our own failings — and whether 'Pluribus' and 'Bugonia' get it right.
Matt Gross
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Nov 14, 2025
I will now reveal a secretYou are welcome, even encouraged, to spread it around.
Matt Gross
Writing
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Nov 10, 2025
The schtickless wonder!When a project is about anything and everything, it's also about nothing — and who'd want to read that?
Matt Gross
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Nov 6, 2025
Super Fun Pak Mini Essays!Four short, sharp takes — plus a special appearance by a guest poet.
Matt Gross
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Nov 3, 2025
There are things you will never understandBut you can still use your stupid brain to try!
Matt Gross
Writing
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Oct 31, 2025
Notes on a very Trying! yearHundreds of thousands of words later, what's to become of this newsletter?
Matt Gross
Pop Culture
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Oct 29, 2025
Cartoons are better than peopleFor me, live-action movies and TV will always be secondary.
Matt Gross
Writing
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Oct 23, 2025
Thomas Pynchon and meHis writing shaped my life, and he's now at a literary and cultural apex. But is the mysterious postmodernist's work still any good?
Matt Gross
Death
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Oct 14, 2025
An idle waste of your precious timeDon't worry, death isn't coming for you quite yet.
Matt Gross
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